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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 460,064, dated September 22, 1891.

Application filed June 20, 1891- Serial No. 396.916. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: length, say thirty feet, with its supports at Be it known that I, MAXIMILIAN M. SUPPES, intervals. Figs. 14 to 21, inclusive, show in a citizen of the United States, residing at cross-section modifications in shape of heads Johnstown, county of Oambria, and State of and supports of girder-rails before and after Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usebeing united, as hereinafter described. ful Improvement in Railroad-Rails, of which In said figures the several parts are rethe following is a full, clear, and exact despectively indicated by reference letters and scription, reference being had to the accomnumbers, as follows: panying drawings, which form a part of this The letter R indicates the rail proper, which IO specification. may be of any desired form, several forms The object of this invention is to provide being shown in the drawings, the number 1 girder-rails, moreparticularlyfor use as streetindicating the head and 2 the web of the same. railway-track rails of great depth, and to pro- The letters O indicate the base or support duce rails that may, if desired, be placed difor said rail. As shown in some of the fig- 15 rectly in position in the road without the meures, these supports are provided with an updium of independent supporting-chairs. ward extension 3, (although my invention The invention will first be described in demay be used whether or not there be an uptail, and then particularly set forth in the wardextension of the support.) As shown in claims. the figures, the rail is formed throughout with 20 In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 head and web or webs, while the supports are shows one form of girder-rail and base or supprovided at intervals only at the extremity of port in crosssection, forming the subject of rail and intermediate points where the rail is this invention, the place of cross-section beto be secured in track.

ing through the support. Fig. 2 is a side ele- The rail proper is rolled, in the usual man- 25 vation of Fig. 1, showing also the junction of ner, from a pile bloom or ingot. 7 5 two contiguous rails. Fig. 3 is a side eleva- The supports may be made of any desired tion similar to Fig. 2, the dotted lines between form, several forms being shown in the draw the supports indicating the bottom line of the ings, and they may be produced by any method supports which would be formed were the or process, such as rolling, forging, casting, 30 base or support continuous. Fig. 4 shows in or otherwise, or some may be made by one cross-section another form of girder-rail and method or process and some by another. base or support. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of Preferably, however, both the rails and sup- Fig. 4, showing also the junction of two conports are made of rolled steel. When the tiguous rails. Fig. 6 is a side elevation simisupports are produced by rolling, they are 5 lar to Fig. 5, the dotted lines being shown for rolled in long lengths, which are cut into. the purpose indicated in describing Fig. 3. pieces of the length of the supports required. Fig. 7 shows in cross-section another form of The preferred method of making the comrail and base or support. Fig. 8 is a side eleplete rail is as follows: The rolled rail and vation of Fig. 7, showing the junction of the supports having been separately formed into 40 two contiguous rails. Fig. 9 is a side elevathe desired shapes, as above described, the tion similar to Fig. 8, the dotted lines being supports are then united to the rail, so as to shown for the purpose indicated in describbe integral therewith, at the desired distance ing Figs. 3 and 6. Fig. 10 shows in cross-secapart by welding the parts together, in the tion another form of rail and base or support. ordinary acceptance of the term, in connec- 45 Fig. 11 is a side elevation of Fig. 10, showing tion with pressure or force, or that species the junction-of two contiguous rails. Fig. 12 of welding called autogenous welding or is a side elevation similar to Fig. 11, the dotburning. I prefer electric welding as an ted lines being shown for the purpose indieffi'cient means of uniting the parts together. 1 cated in describing Figs. 3, 6, and 9. Fig. 13 The letter 20 indicates the point of union 1 50 shows in side elevation a girder-rail of full between rail and support. Thus a rolled roo l rail with supports at intervals is formed, which when delivered from the shop is ready to be placed in the track and secured to the cross-ties without the intervention of any separate or detachable supports.

In street-railroad practice it has been found desirable to use a rail supported at intervals upon supports of great depth, no matter what the shape of the latter, and, by the process herein described, by forming the support-ingbase and the rail separately and then uniting the two together, so as to form an integral structure, I obtain this desired result without the necessity of using removable fasteners between the rail and the supportingbase, and without the risk of loosening incident to such fastenings. If additional strength is desired in the supports 0, braces 0 may be stamped upon the same, as shown in Figs. 16 and 17, when the shapes of the supports permit.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is

1. As a new article of manufacture, a rolled rail provided at intervals with a base or support integral with said rail.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a rail provided at intervals with a base or support welded to said rail.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a rolled rail provided at its extremities and intermediate points with a base or support integral with said rail.

&. As a new article of manufacture, a railroad-rail provided with a rolled head and web throughout its length and provided at intervals with a base or support integral with said rail.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a railroad-rail provided with a rolled head and web throughout its length and at intervals with a base or support having an upward extension integral with said web.

MAXIMILIAN M. SUPPES.v

\Vitnesses:

PAT. M. BOYD, WILLIAM D. HALL. 

